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New Home for Animals in Tengah- or not

It is one of the greatest migration of animals in Singapore. From East to West literally.

Because the land in Pasir Ris Farmway where the animal shelters are located will be used for industrial development, the Gahmen are moving the animals to Tengah in a new specially built shelter (called the Animal Lodge) this year.

But looks like the migration may not be so smooth sia, with some shelters coming out to say they are not moving in because the Animal Lodge is like a concentration camp and too expensive to move into.

The shelter will have flexible layout to meet the needs of different animal welfare groups

The design of the units will facilitate natural ventilation and comply with the building code of practice

There will be different services, such as pest control, waste disposal, cleaning services, which can be shared

The place is expected to house 7,000 animals from the cat and dog shelters in Pasir Ris, Loyang, Seletar and Lim Chu Kang. One animal welfare group shared what the Animal Lodge looks like:

In contrast, this is how the animals stay in Pasir Ris now:

Not say very glam but looks like a comfy kampung leh. Seems better than having to be trapped behind high walls next time.

There is also no outdoor space for the animals. So ah well, so much for being an animal lodge.

Look really jialat leh. We see the photos liao also feel very hot literally- imagine being in this place in the hot weather. We thought ‘upgrade’ from kampung to HDB should be a good thing right. Now it seems like the animals are just gonna be squeeze together in small rooms. Then imagine the smell when they pee and poop. EWWWWW.

Omgosh and imagine the noise in this narrow space when the dogs bark.

And according to the animal welfare groups: there is no water sprinkler (meaning GG if there is a fire) and some are upset that AVA told them the new shelter will be cheaper but there are hidden costs (on top of paying rent to AVA for this space) cos they need to do renovations like buy ventilation fans and break down walls to make the place more liveable.

Maybe AVA better see if they can engage the animal groups again and try to make Animal Lodge better when there is still time. Or else this will become another problem next time one.

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Damn right it’s is appalling conditions considering they built it from the scratch! Just have to take a look at how other shelters around the world are built and this is the best they can come up with. Fire the architect or designer please! Definitely not animal lovers or have any common sense or compassion in their heart! Would the CEO of AVA care to stay in the facility for a night after they have relocated to see how it’s really like? The strays which is caused by human abandonment and AVA allowing commercial breeding farms to to proliferate all have to live in this prison like shelter for the rest of their lives. Did the reporter see the ‘dog run’ that’s built between two buildings? Narrow strip and all concrete floors? No wonder it’s called ‘dog run’ because they will have to literally run because the concrete will be too damn hot! Thank you for your report. It’s the first media coverage that highlighted the appalling conditions, the rest of the media coverage so far as been just ‘politically correct’ and kiss ass reporting. Kudos to your team.

New home for animals in Singapore ‘by AVA’.. This isn’t a home for animals.. It’s a prison.. With prison cells.. Says alot about how much AVA “cares” about animals.. Is Singapore so poor that it can’t give these animals comfortable homes.. Some may probably have to live their whole lives here.. The health of a society can be measured by how well the animals under their care are treated..